Cooperative Purchasing

OMNIA Partners - U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance

The Arizona Association of Counties is proud to have a partnership with OMNIA Partners, Public Sector. OMNIA Partners, Public Sector is an integration between two well-known brands: U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliances and National IPA. OMNIA Partners, Public Sector is the nation's most experienced cooperative purchasing organization serving state and local government, K-12 education and higher education institutions. The collective buying power of these unified cooperatives delivers superior value and savings for public agencies nationwide.

Value You Can Trust

Portfolio

OMNIA Partners has the most robust portfolio of quality contracts in the cooperative space. Their agreement portfolio has everything your organization needs to run efficiently and effectively.

People

OMNIA Partners has the most experienced cooperative team in public procurement, cooperative purchasing and contract management. With over 170 combined years of public procurement experience and over 300 years of cooperative purchasing experience, you can trust that you are in good hands with their team. OMNIA Partners is also a founding member of the National Coalition for Public Procurement.

Process

Contracts are competitively solicited and publicly awarded by a government entity acting as the lead agency. Awards are made utilizing this best practice ensuring maximum value and absolute security with complete transparency of the process.

Participation

OMNIA Partners saves you time and money. Participating in the cooperative buying power of more than 60,000 entities helps you do more with less by reducing product and administrative costs. They are the largest and fastest growing organization in public procurement, creating maximum purchasing power and resources for our participants.

OMNIA Partners, Public Sector participation has almost tripled over the past six years. They continue to put the people, processes, and solutions in place to support the needs of public agencies and education institutions nationwide.

The programs offers:

No Cost to Participate: there is no cost to register, no commitments and no minimum orders.

Best Value: by combining the cooperative purchasing power of 87,000 public agencies, suppliers commit to providing their highest valued programs.

Quality Brands: offering thousands of the best products in a wide variety of categories, services and solutions.

Oversight by Public Purchasing Professionals: third-party audits ensure programs pricing commitments are met while we provide ongoing program leadership and direction.

All contracts have been competitively solicited, evaluated and awarded by an impartial lead public agency in accordance with their public purchasing rules and regulations. Applying these competitive principles satisfies the competitive bid requirements of most state and local government agencies.

**All of Arizona's counties are registered participants of the alliance**